Trousers-suspenders.



No. 814,345. PATBNTED MAR. 6, 1906. B. J. BACON.

TROUSBR SUSPBNDERS.

APPLXULTIOH FILED JULY 18.1905.

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TROUSERS-SUSPENDEFES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March' 8, 1906.

Application filed July 18. 19GB. Serial No. 270,186.

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Be it known that l, BENJAMIN JAMES BA- CON, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residin at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, aveinvented certain new and useful Im rovemcnts in Trousers Suspenders, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to Jwhich it ap ertains to make and use thesame.

his invention relates to trousers-suspenders and the object thereof isto provide improved devices for connecting the back end portions of thesuspender-straps with the ack part of the waistband of a pair oftrousers whereby the strain on the straps and on the waistband or thebuttons connected therewith will be e ualized at all times and thedanger of brea ng any of said parts largely obviated.

The invention is full disclosed in the following speciiication, ofYwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which thc separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in cacofthe views, and in Which- Figure 1 is a front view of a pair oftrousers- Suspenders provided with my improvement, the front endportions of the straps bein removed; Fig. 2, a section on the line 2 2oi ig. 1, and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 8 of Figi.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication I have shown at c anordinary pair of suspender straps or webs, and in the ra'ctice of myinvention I provide a tab-attaching device for connecting the back endsof the suspender-straps with the waistband of a pair of trousers, whichis of the following construction: My improved tab-attaching device forthe urpose specified involves a combination hoo -link c, 1n the oppositeside portions of which are eyes or rings a?, and the bottom end of whichis extended downwardly or made V- shaped in form and formed into a hooka3, which o ens upwardly. The combination hook-lin a is preferably madeof Wire, and the eyes or rings a2 are composed of double coils of saidwire, as shown at e4 in Fig. 3, and passed through said coils is ashortsleeve e5.

In order to connect the back ends ci the suspender-straps with thecombination hooklink c, I provide a flexible cord or similar device b,which is passed through the eyes or rings a? and formed into doubleloops b2, with each of which one of the straps cis connected. The doubleloops b2 of the cord b are passed through sleeves b3, and the back endsof the straps c are secured around said sleeves b3, as shown at c2, andin practice I also preferably insert inor secure to the back endportions of the straps c elastic members c, which form a part of saidstraps; but said elastic portions c3 are not an absolutely essentialelement of my invention.

Suspended from the combination hooklink a is a tab-suspending device d,through which is passed a tab-stra or similar device d2, having theusual end uttonholes da, by which connection is made with the buttons onthe back portions oi the waistband of a pair oi trousersJ and thetab-suspending device d is also provided with a central clamp member d,by which the drawers or undergarments are suspended at the back.

The tab-sus endin device d is not shown and described 1n detai hereinbut is described and claimed in another application for Letters Patentof the United States, filed by me on the 27th day of June, 1905, SerialNo. 267,185, and the invention described and claimed herein is notlimited to the tab-suspending device d, as any suitable tab-suspendmgdevice may be sup orted by the hook a. of the combination hoolli-linklz,

The invention described and claimed herein consists of the combinationhook link member a, having rings or eyes a? in the o posite sidesthereof, and the flexible cord which is passed through said rings oreyes and with which the back end portions of the suspender-straps areconnected in the manner described, and any suitable tab-sus endingdevice may be substituted for that s own at d, said tab suspendingdevice being so formed, however, as to be capable of detachableconnection with the hook es.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described means for connecting the back end portions of apair of trouserssuspender straps with the waistband of a pair oftrousers, said means comprising a hooklink having eyes or rings in itsopposite sides and one end of which is provided with a depending hookmember whicho ensu wardly, an endless cord passed througlh saidl eyes orrings and formed into loops with which the back end ortions of thesuspender-straps are connecte and a tab -attaching device dctachablyconnected with said hook member, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described means for connect- IOO IOS

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ing the back end portions of a pair of trousers- Suspenders with thewaistband of a pair of trousers, said means comprising a hook-linkprovided at its o posite sides with eyes or rings and one en of which isformed into a depending hook member which opens u Wardly, an endlesscord assed through sald eyes or rings and formed) into loo s, sleevesmounted on said loops and aroun .which the back end portions of thesuspender-straps are secured, and a tab-attaching device detachablysuspended from said hook member, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described means for connecting the back end portions of apair of trousers- Suspenders with the waistband of a pair of trousers,said means comprising a hook-link provided at its opposite sides witheyes or rings and one end of which is formed into a depending hookmember which opens up- Wardly, an endless cord assed through sald eyesor rings and formed) into loops, sleeves mounted on said loops andaround Which the back end portions of the suspender-stra s are secured,a tab-attaching device detac ably suspended from said hook member and aclamp suspended from the tab-attaching device, substantiallv as shownand described.

In testimon that I claim the foregoing as my invention have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 12th day of June,1905. f

BENJAMIN JAMES BACON. Witnesses:

FRANK M. COFFEE, AABEL E. DE LANGE.

